That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

Discontinuing oxytocin during active labor was associated with a 20% lower risk for cesarean delivery and reduced the risk for uterine tachysystole and non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings. The ...

The patient is a 36-year-old G3 P0020 at 39 gestational weeks who presented in labor to the hospital where she planned to give birth. She attended prenatal care visits regularly, had a healthy ...

Researchers observed no differences in rates of cesarean delivery among women with prolonged labor who were administered propranolol vs. placebo, findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting showed.